arriving in north east scotland later. details throughout the programme. good morning. it s monday, the 20th of november. our main story. it s the start of a big week for the covid inquiry, which will hear evidence from the high profile doctors and scientists who helped to shape and explain the government s response to the pandemic. the former chief scientific adviser, sir patrick vallance, whose diaries from that time accused boris johnson of chaotic leadership, will appear today, followed by professor sir chris whitty, jonathan van tam and damejenny harries over the coming days. our health reporter jim reed reports. patrick, over to you. thank you very much. numbers are increasing and they re increasing across europe and in the uk. sir patrick vallance was up there at the downing street podium in some of the darkest days of the pandemic. we re also recommending increased social distancing. that s the phrase that you hear. already the inquiry has heard extracts from his priv
Handle it myself speaking last night, the president again said he was determined to build a wall between mexico and the us and suggested taxing their goods to pay for it. Word so has bbc news been getting a bit carried away by the new Presidency Rosie Victoria Wells thought so, writing Brian Gardner had this question meanwhile, Teresa Reilly wrote to us on monday after she had settled down to watch a report on the Supreme Court decision about brexit do let us know your thoughts on the bbcs coverage of Donald Trumps presidency or any aspect of bbc news. Details of how to contact us coming up at the end of the programme. Now for some of your other concerns this week, starting with the bbc coverage following a report in the sunday times that an unarmed missile went offcourse during a test lastjune. On his show that morning, andrew marr asked the Prime Minister about this several times. When you made that first speech injuly times. When you made that first speech in july in times. When you
The news that the most recent test firing of Britain’s Trident nuclear deterrent failed is cause for grave concern, particularly given that the last test conducted in 2016 also resulted in failure.
As this is written, as it has been for every minute of every day since 1969, a nuclear deterrent submarine of the Royal Navy is on operational patrol. The boat is armed with up-and-ready Trident missiles, each of which carries several nuclear warheads, each one of which could destroy a Russian city.